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- PilotMail MAPI BETA 3
- =====================
-
- PilotMail is a MAPI mail client for US Robotics / Palm Computing
- Pilot handheld computer. PilotMail is _not_ a PalmOS application,
- but a Windows 95 application that downloads mail to the Pilot
- memopad database. New mail will be available on the Pilot after
- the next HotSync. Try it out and send your comments to
- Fredrik Thunved <fth@algonet.se>
-
- PilotMail MAPI BETA is free, but the application will be shareware
- when released, with a $50 registration fee.
-
- All PilotMail BETAs will expire 1996-10-01.
-
- IMPORTANT: this is BETA software. Make a backup of your Memopad
- database file before using PilotMail. Use at your own risk!!!!!
-
- Revision History:
- =================
-
- -- Version BETA 3 1996-09-24 --
-
- New features: - Support for messages larger than 4k. Messages larger
- than 4k are divided into several memos, with the first
- line duplicated in every message part. The maximum
- size to download is user-configurable, up to 400kB
- (100 memos, I number the memos [00] - [99]).
- Fixed bugs: - A bug in the version of OLE Messaging library (4.0)
- included in the BETA 1 and 2 installation prevented
- the text of large messages to be accessed, causing
- only the headers to be downloaded to the Pilot. The
- BETA 3 includes a newer version (version 4.00.837.0)
- of MDISP32.EXE/REG/TLB that doesn't have this bug.
-
- -- Version BETA 2 1996-09-22 --
-
- New features: - Added [Command] to install PalmOS applications
- remotely (InstallApp: <filename>)
- - Added "Hide HotSync Manager" option
- Fixed bugs: - Improved error handling
- - ConversationTopic/Index in selected headers causes
- error on deliver
-
-
- -- Version BETA 1 1996-09-16 --
-
- New features: - Original release
- Fixed bugs: - Original release
-
-
- Features:
- =========
- - Windows Messaging (MAPI) send and retrieve to Pilot
- - Support through MAPI for internal mail systems like FirstClass,
- MS Mail, Exchange, cc:Mail (with third party software), Internet
- and CompuServe email, fax (if using Caere OmniPage Pro you can
- even get the message text downloaded to your Pilot remotely!),
- and any other mail system with MAPI support.
- - User-configurable downloading of MAPI messages
- - Optional "Private" flag on downloaded mail
- - Command-line options for automated downloading of mail
- - Commands for controlling PilotMail from your Pilot
- - Disable/enable HotSync on deliver
- - Semi-automatic configuration from Registry settings
- - Message headers with date (MMDD), importance, receipt options,
- encryption/signature information, and sender. The header is designed
- to sort well in the Memo List (use SuperPad or MemoSort). The header
- format is:
-
- MMDDIRCFrom
-
- MMDD: Month and date sent
- I: Importance
- [!] = High
- [:] = Normal
- [╖] = Low
- R: Delivery and read receipts
- [ ] = No receipts requested
- [.] = Delivery only
- [╖] = Read only
- [:] = Delivery and read
- C: Signed and encrypted?
- [ ] = Not signed or encrypted
- [.] = Signed only
- [╖] = Encrypted only
- [:] = Signed and encrypted
- From: Sender address
-
- Requirements:
- =============
- - Windows 95
- - Windows Messaging (MAPI) installed (i.e. Exchange Inbox)
-
- Known bugs and limitations (several, this is BETA software folks!):
- ===================================================================
- - Limited error handling. The memopad transactions are fairly well
- protected and debugged, but to be on the safe side:
-
- PLEASE BACKUP YOUR MEMOPAD DATABASE BEFORE USING THIS APPLICATION!!!
-
- Installation:
- =============
- 1: Download PilMailA.ZIP and unzip to a temporary directory
- 2: run setup.exe
- 3: run and configure PilotMail. This is very important, as you will
- not be able to download mail until all settings are correct.
- Remember to click "Apply" after entering your settings
- 4: Click "Deliver" to start the mail retrieve/send
- 5: HotSync when finished
-
- or, if using the minimum installation file (please note that you
- must have the VB 4.0 32-bit runtime files installed to us this):
-
- 1: Download PilMailB.ZIP and unzip to a temporary directory
- 2: run install.bat with the application install directory as
- the only parameter, i.e. "install.bat C:\PilotMail". Create a
- Start menu shortcut to PilMail.exe.
- 3-5: as above
-
- Configuration:
- ==============
-
- User tab:
- ---------
- - Name: Pilot user name. The registered version will only work with
- one Pilot user name. This will limit the use to one person, while
- allowing installation and use on several PCs.
- - Password: MAPI password
- - MAPI Profile: this is set to the default MAPI profile on first run,
- but you can change it later to any profile. At the moment, PilotMail
- does not support multiple users and/or profiles,
- - Disable HotSync Manager on Deliver: if set, shuts down and restarts
- HotSync Manager when delivering mail (please make sure that the
- HotSync warning message is turned off).
- - Hide HotSync Manager: if "Disable HotSync Manager on Deliver" is set,
- this options hides the HotSync Manager after restart.
- - Include read mail in download: if set, downloads all mail, read and
- unread, since last download.
-
- Memopad Tab:
- ------------
- - Filename: the filename of your memopad database, usually:
- <Pilot Desktop installation path>\<Username>\memopad\memopad.dat
- the [...] button lets you browse and select the file
- - Inbox: category for new messages
- - Outbox: category for outgoing messages
- - Sent mail: category to which Outbox contents is moved after sending
- Inbox, Outbox, and Sent mail are configured via the "Categories"
- button, which shows all categories in the current memopad file.
- Please configure "Filename" before clicking "Categories", the error
- handling is limited...
- - Max msg size: Maximum size to download from messages. If you set this
- option to 4 kB, all messages will be truncated to fit in one memo.
- If you enter a larger number, messages larger than 4k will be divided
- into several memos, with the first line duplicated in every message part.
- The maximum size to download is 400kB (100 memos, I number the memos
- [00] - [99]).
- - Download [..] Private: sets Private flag on Inbox and Sent mail memos
-
- Message Tab:
- -----------------
- This tab lets you configure which MAPI information that should be downloaded,
- and in what order. To specify the actual message text, you _must_ have
- the entry "[Message]" in the list.
- - Up, Down: moves "Selected" headers up/down
- - Left, Right: moves headers between "Available" and "Selected" lists
-
-
- Command-line options:
- =====================
- "-d" or "/d": Start mail delivery on start-up
- "-q" or "/q/: Quit when finished downloading mail
-
- Outgoing messages format:
- =========================
- The format is very simple: Begin the memo with all the
- headers you want to include (i.e. "To", "Subject", etc).
- The message _must_ include a "To" header, "From" is
- generated automatically by MAPI.
-
- After the headers, leave a blank line, after which you
- write the actual message text.
-
- Example of outgoing email message from Pilot:
-
- ==================BEGIN EXAMPLE============================
- To: pilot@straylight.connectnet.com
- Subject: ANN: PilotMail Version 1.0
- Cc: pilot@inforamp.net; srandress@telis.org
-
- Hello!
-
- This is a message sent from the Pilot handheld computer,
- with the help of PilotMail, a shareware POP3/SMTP email
- client for Windows 95.
-
- Enjoy!
- ===================END EXAMPLE=============================
-
- The message will be placed in the "sent mail" category
- after sending, complete with time sent and any error
- messages.
-
- The available headers that will be interpreted by PilotMail are:
-
- - To, Cc, Bcc: adds the recipient(s) to the corresponding list
- Addresses are separated by ";". The MAPI address format is
- very flexible, and the addresses will be automatically resolved
- at delivery. Some of the most common types are:
- - Internet addresses: specify as normal (user@domain) or in MAPI
- syntax "Joe Smith [SMTP: user@domain]" or "[SMTP: user@domain]"
- - Fax numbers: specify as "Joe Smith [FAX: (123)456-7890]" or
- "[FAX: (123)456-7890]"
- - Addresses in MAPI address book: specify name ("Joe Smith")
- - Subject
- - DeliveryReceipt, ReadReceipt, Signed, Encrypted: Yes/True,
- No/False accepted
- - ConversationTopic
- - ConversationIndex: PilotMail adds a new timestamp at the end of
- this string according to Exchange convention. I have not tested
- this as I don't have access to a Exchange Server system.
-
- [Command] format:
- =================
-
- If you create a message in the Outbox category with [Command] as the
- first line, the message will be used by PilotMail to set different
- options in the application. The available options are:
- - InstallApp: installs a PalmOS application or database on the Pilot
- Please note that it is not possible to select user at the moment,
- the file will be installed to the current default user if there
- are more than one user defined in Pilot Desktop.
- - Format: sets the download format. Use a string of "0" - "B" to
- specify the message format. Do not use any other characters in this
- string, and no embedded spaces. The available headers are:
- 0 = "[Header]"
- 1 = "From"
- 2 = "To"
- 3 = "Cc"
- 4 = "Bcc"
- 5 = "TimeSent"
- 6 = "TimeReceived"
- 7 = "Subject"
- 8 = "[Message]"
- 9 = "[Attachments]"
- A = "ConversationTopic"
- B = "ConversationIndex"
- - TimeReceived: change the start date for download. PilotMail tracks the
- date and time of last download. This command lets you download all mail
- from a given date.
- - DownloadReadMail: Sets the flag to download read mail or not.
-
- Example: to change the download format to Header, TimeSent, Subject, and
- message text, and to download all mail received after September 1, 1996,
- and to install Klondike 1.1 (unregistered version, support your local
- shareware author and REGISTER your software!), create a memo in the
- Outbox category with the following information:
-
- ==================BEGIN EXAMPLE============================
- [Command]
- Format: 0578
- TimeReceived: September 1, 1996
- DownloadReadMail: Yes
- InstallApp: C:\Program\Pilot\add-on\Games\Klond11U.prc
- ===================END EXAMPLE=============================
-